The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-23
A SCREAM OF TERROR.
A Whine and a Howl From
Virginia Repubs.
INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEM.
The Errors Of the Democrats Ration
ally Explained by the Great De-
fsated-what Should Be.
Virginia Republicans.

PETERSBURG, Vs.. August 22.-The
Virginia Republican State Committee
has issued an address to the Republican
electors, the first part of which is an
answer to the address recently put
forst by the Democratic managers.
After referring to the endorsement of
President Cleveland, and that this ad-
ministratiou will receive the cordial
support OF the Democratic party OF
Virginia, the address states that the
Democrats are inconsistent and in
sincere, as they demand repeal Of the
internal revenue system, and the pas
SAGE of the Blair bill, when it is known
that President Cleveland Is opposed to
the one and withheld the endorsement
from the other. His formal and ex-
pressed approval of Secretary Man
Rings views and recommendation upon
the subject of taxation and revenue are
conclusive. Secretary Manning de-
precates that there is no longer any
duty or tax imposed upon tea and
coffee, and while urging reduction OF
the duties upon such articles OF import
as are produced in our country,
squarely opposes any reduction OF taxes
imposed upon tobacco, fruit distillation,
proves these views and recommends
lions of Secretary Manning. That
OIeVeland's administration is bitter
disappointment to the managers of the
Democratic party of Virginia is attested
By the loud and deep complaints. 1t
NAV be that the Democratic managers
sincerely wish the repeal of the internal
revenue system. but when they declare
for q repeal of the system as part OF
Democratic faith, they are guilty of
efforts to deceive the voters of this
commonwealth. That system is held
by the Democratic party as hostage
TO compel the overthrow of the Repub-
lican policy of protection to American
labor and industries. The National
Democratic platform, upon which
Cleveland was elected. promised a
repeal of the internal revenue system;
tinuance Of internal revenue taxes and
their application to the payment of
pensions. Every message of President
Cleveiand's has ignored any suggestion
of a repeal of the internal revenue
system. The Democratic majority of
the Forty-ninth Congress, speaking in
accordance with the views of President
Cleveland, has given unmistakable re-
sponaes on behalf of the Democratic
party.
The address refers to an
adverse report upon the bill to reduce
internal revenue taxes, submitted by
Mr.. Morrison, chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means, July 10th,
1886, and to an adverse report upon
resolution repeating the taxes upon
date, by ". O. 2. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, another leader and repre-
sentative of the Democratic majority.
This is the later record of the national
democracy, now in power, upon
the repeal of the internal revenue
system, and that the Democratic party,
which for ten years, excepting the
Forty-seventh Congress, controlled the
House of Representatives. and failed to
act upon the subject, and that it was by
the Forty-seventh Congress, Republi-
can, that taxes were reduced fully fifty
millions, the reduction On tobacco
being from sixteen to eighteen cents, !
yet the leaders of the Democratic party
in Virginia are trying to delude the
people into the b, lief that the repeal Of
that system may be now accomplished
by the Democratic party. The
made in 1884 and in 1885
Congress, but the people would not be
deceived. It now remains to be tested
whether the same hollow pretext can be
used In this by the Democrats with any
more success than attended them in
1886.
We declare that at the moment the
Republican party lost control of the
government, it was prepared to act
upon this subject; that President |
Arthur had urged that repeal of the |
tobacco tax and the Democratic house, |
with a Republican sssSenate ready |
and anxious to reduce the taxes, de-
clined to proceed; that the Repub-
EcaR party is nov practically united in |
favor of repeal of the tax on tobacco |
and fruit distillation. and if restored to |
power will remove burden which these
domestic products have so long en-
dHred. We assert that the Democratic |
party in Congress is opposed to repeal
Of the internal revenue system, as is
shown by the declaration of its leaders,
from President Cleveland down. We
appeal to you to support the Republican
candidates for the legislature, and not
to waste your votes on candidates whose
faction favoring a repeal of these taxes
is IN hopeless minority in its national
party. The platform of the Roanoke
convention respecting tariff is arraigned
as misleading and seeking to deceive the
people upon question vital to their in
teFests.
The address arraigns the democracy
for incompetency and unfaithfulness,
which caused the failure of the act of
the Republican legislature for an eouit-
able readjustment of the State debt.
The Republican party will carefully
unite in every effort to aid disabled
soldiers and widows. The address
denies that the Democratic party is
founded on o. is responsible for. the
efficient management of the free school
system. The Republicans have always
been faithful TO the agricultural inter
ests of the State, and We remind the
people that Secretary Manning recon-
mended the repeal of the tariff on
wheat, corn and other farm products,
and that tea and coffee should be taxed /
rs Iuxufies. As Mr.. Cleveland en-
dersed this, AID tie DemocEsticI